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Bank and Public Holidays for Algeria

Algeria bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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05 May 2012 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian government has confirmed that Thursday, May 10, 2012, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday, on account of the upcoming elections. • 03 May 2012 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian government has not yet announced whether it will declare a one-off non-working public holiday on May 10, on account of the upcoming elections. • 30 Apr 2012 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian government has announced that Tuesday, May 1st, 2012, had been declared a one-off non-working public holiday, on account of the upcoming "fête des travailleurs". • 02 Jul 2011 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Tuesday, July 5, 2011, had been declared as a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. • 25 Apr 2011 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Sunday, May 1st, 2011, had been declared as a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming fête des travailleurs (Labour Day). • 13 Feb 2011 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Tuesday, February 15, 2011, had been declared as a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming Mawlid Ennabawi (Prophet's Birthday). • 14 Dec 2010 (Ministère des Affaires religieuses et du Wakf-Algiers) The government of Algeria has declared Thursday, December 16, 2010, as a paid non-working public holiday throughout Algeria, on account of the upcoming Ashura holiday (la journée du jeudi 16 décembre, correspondant à Achoura, sera chômée et payée). • 27 Oct 2010 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Monday, November 1, 2010, had been declared a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming National Day (fête de la Révolution). • 08 Sep 2010 (Magharebia-Alger) The Algerian Moon Sighting Committee (Commission nationale d'observation du croissant lunaire) has announced that the upcoming End of Ramadan public holiday would be on Friday, September 10, 2010. • 02 Jul 2010 (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique-Algiers) The Algerian public sector ministry (Direction Générale de la Fonction Publique) has announced that Monday, July 5, 2010, had been declared as a paid non-working public holiday (journée chômée et payée) on account of the upcoming Independence Day celebrations. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Algeria public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Algerian public holidays are specified by the law n°63/278 of July 26, 1963, as amended and expanded by ordinances n°66/153 and n°68/149 (Journal officiel, 2005-04-27, n° 30, p. 5). • Weekends weekends in Algeria changed from Thursdays/Fridays to Fridays/Saturdays in August 2009. • Eid al Adha is also called Tfaska Tamoqqart in the Berber language of native North African Berbers. • Berber Calendar and Holidays: The Berber people, known as Imazigen, are the native inhabitants of North Africa. The 4 main Berber holidays are Yennayer (Berber New Year, on January 12-13), Tafsut Imazighen (April 20), Anebdu n Tbexisisin (July 31), and Anebdu n Tyerza (October 31). These occur on fixed Gregorian dates, as the Berber Calendar is a variant of the Julian calendar and hence has a steady 950 years and 12 days offset with respect to western dates. The above-mentioned holidays are not public holidays in Algeria. • Algeria International Codes DZ and DZA (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .dz (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Algeria information and news: Bank of Algeria (Algeria central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Algeria maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Algeria), and Wikipedia (includes Algeria commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Algeria, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Algeria, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Algeria. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Algeria that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.

Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Algeria were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42°N, longitude, 39.82°E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules). For more details on Muslim holidays, see Muslim Calendar Holidays. For Salat (prayer times) calculations, see our Freeware page.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Algeria, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Algeria, before planning any trip to Algeria. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.